TECHNOLOGY

Apple has come out with iOS 11.2 to resolve an issue with iPhones that crashed and did a soft reset, possibly due to local notifications for alarms or reminders, last Saturday. Aside from the date bug fix, the update also contained a new feature called Apple Pay Cash although the …

As 2017 comes to a close later this month, perhaps you’d want to find out what your most liked posts on social media were? Instagram, for one, has the Top Nine app that allows a user to determine his or her top nine most liked posts on the photo and …

It is a fact that at some point during the day, prepaid SIM users would wonder how much data they have used so they’d check now and then. Occasionally checking mobile data usage can be a hassle, if you ask prepaid SIM users. Google, however, has come up with an …

Erstwhile Intel data center head Diane Bryant has joined Google Cloud as its chief operating officer (COO). Diane Greene, Google’s chief executive, announced Bryant’s appointment on Thursday. Before joining Google Cloud, reports said Bryant was one of Intel’s top executives as head of the company’s data center segment until last year. …

Instagram is doing whatever it can to make the app more appealing and flexible for its users by occasionally refining or changing its features. The photo and video-sharing company has rolled out a new feature, and it has got something to do with your friends’ or followers’ photos. Photo Remix …

Coming soon on Niantic – an augmented reality (AR) game based on the beloved Harry Potter tale. The game, which will be called Wizards Unite, is among those that will be funded by the $200 million recently raised by the company in Series B funding, according to a Wall Street …

Amidst what YouTube observed as a “growing trend” of content on the video platform that tries to pass off as “family-friendly” clips even if they are not, the company has tightened its rules governing videos featuring kids and targeted at youngsters. The company, which is wholly-owned by Google, came out …

Financial news outlet Cheddar can now be watched in Europe. The media company entered into a partnership with the French startup Molotov so that the latter’s subscribers can watch Cheddar on their devices. Erstwhile Buzzfeed president Jon Steinberg launched Cheddar early last year with $3 million in funding. It reports …

Denise Young Smith, Apple’s first vice president of diversity and inclusion, is leaving the company at the end of the year. According to a TechCrunch report, Young Smith – who joined Apple three years ago – will move over to Cornell Tech as “executive in residence” beginning January next year. …

Are you a verified Twitter account holder? Be careful that you don’t violate the social network’s policies or you’ll lose your verification badge. What’s the verification badge we’re talking about? It’s that check mark after your display name. Announcement Twitter Support announced in a series of tweets that it would …